Posts Tagged 'Themes'

Heavenly Sword's Thematic Resonance

(*Heavy spoilers for Heavenly Sword*) Last week I lambasted Ninja Theory’s second major game, Enslaved, for being an unconnected, thematically stupid, waste of potential. What made this failure hit harder than most abysmal failures in the AAA game space was

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Heavenly Sword's Thematic Resonance

(*Heavy spoilers for Heavenly Sword*) Last week I lambasted Ninja Theory’s second major game, Enslaved, for being an unconnected, thematically stupid, waste of potential. What made this failure hit harder than most abysmal failures in the AAA game space was

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West's thematic failure

*Spoilers for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavenly Sword, Bioshock and Braid* Ninja Theory is a studio I really want to like. I really do. They hold a philosophy towards creating games, AAA games at that, I would love to

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Enslaved: Odyssey to the West's thematic failure

*Spoilers for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Heavenly Sword, Bioshock and Braid* Ninja Theory is a studio I really want to like. I really do. They hold a philosophy towards creating games, AAA games at that, I would love to

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